Improvement in machine for marking and covering corn



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I! Patented Nov. 10,1868.

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ELIAS BARTO, OF TlFFI N, OHIO.

Letters Patent No. 83,905,0iated November 10,1868.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom it may concern Be it'known that I, ELIAS BARTO, of Tiffin,in the county of Seneca, and in the State of Ohio, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Ma.- chine for Marking and Covering Corn;and do hereby description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and generalarrangement of a machine adapted both for marking and covering corn.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to make and use myinvention, I will now proceed to describe its construction andoperation, referring to the annexed drawings, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which I Figure 1 is a perspective view of themachine arranged for II1 rking corn-ground, and

Figure 2 shows one of covering corn.

A represents a bar, provided at each end with a shaft, a, on which thewheels B B are placed.

On the shafts a a, outside of the Wheels, are placed arms O O, which canbe moved to any point desired between the wheels and the outer end ofthe shafts,

by means of pins i t, placed on each side of the arms,

in holes on the shaft, the said shafts passing through a hole in thefront ends of the arms.

The arms O O extend a suitable distance to the rear, and are provided atthe lower side of their rear ends with a block, D, to the front side ofwhich the shovelplow E is secured.

The centre of the barA is rounded, and around this centre part is placeda bent plate or bar, F, open to wards the rear, and a similar arm, 0, issecured between the ends of said bent bar F by means of a pin, 6,passing through the same. The front end of this centre arm is groovedout, to correspond with and tit around the rear side of the roundedportion of the bar A. The rear part of the centre arm, 0, is also, onits lower side, provided with a block, 1), to which the shovel-plow E issecured. 4

On the bar A are two standards, FF, of suitable height, the upper endsof which standards are'forked, as shown in fig. 1, and in these forkedends restja rod the side arms arranged for or bar, G, which is providedwith three short arms,

The rear ends of these arms are connected with the rear ends of the arms0 O, by means of rods I I,

1 these rods being attached to the arms H H, by a ring declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact at their rear end, and to the arms0 O, by a headed pin or screw, in a loop on the ends of said rods,== in'such a manner thatthe arms 0 O can be turned up side down withoutchanging the position of the rods.

A lever, J, is attached to the rod or bar G, at a suitable point to bewithin reach of the operator, who

is seated on the seat K, so that he can at any time,

by turning said lever forward and downward, raise the plows E E out ofthe ground. 7

On the upper. side, and near the rear ends of the arms 0 G, arecross-bars L L, to the upper side of which are two movable andadjustable blocks, M M.

These blocks can be placed at any distance apart, as may be desired, sothat when provided with the spades N N, the corn may be covered, theblocks being, of course, turned in any position required. I

To turn the end arms 0 G upside down, so that the spades N N will comedownward, it is only necessary to remove the outside pins, i t, when thearms can be taken off the shafts a 4, turned, and put on again. In

like manner, by removing the pin e, the centre arm, O, can be removedand turned.

To the front side of the bar Ais secured the tongue 0, to which the teamis attached in any manner de-, sired.

Haring thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent, is-

The reversible and adjustable arms 0 0, provided on one side with blocksD and shovel E, and on the other, with crossbar L, on which are theadjustable blocks M M and spades N N, all constructed and operatingsubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have

